36 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Folsomia fimetaria (Tull) in a well. On November 13th Mr 
L. M. Wachter, chemist of the division of laboratories and research 
at the State Health Laboratory, Albany, forwarded to the office 
specimens of springtails taken in the well of Clyde J. Benedict of 
Lewis, N. Y. These were determined by Dr J. W. Folsom as 
Folsomia fimetaria. It is one of the commonest species 
of springtail in Europe and North America, and often occurs about 
the roots of plants and on the surface of soil. It has several times 
been recorded as occurring in wells, but is in no way adapted for 
existence in the water. Since the insects occurred in large num- 
bers on the surface of the well water, Mr Bennett wished to get 
rid of them. It was suggested that hot water or steam would kill 
them. It was further recommended that the well be concreted up 
to a curb just above the surface of the water, in order to prevent 
the insects working their way into the well in the future. 
Oriental peach moth (Laspeyresia molesta). L. F. 
Strickland, inspector for the Department of Farms and Markets, 
located in Niagara county, on September 6th and 23d transmitted 
specimens of peaches infested with several very young caterpillars 
which undoubtedly were those of the Oriental peach moth. Speci- 
mens were also sent to Dr W. T. M. Forbes of Cornell University, 
who confirmed this tentative determination as being correct, al- 
though the larvae were very small. The pest is therefore undoubtedly 
present in small numbers in Niagara county, at least in the vicinity 
of Lockport. It occurs on Long Island and also to a slight extent 
in Westchester county, but the exact distribution of the pest in New 
York State has not been carefully worked out. It is undoubtedly 
present, however, in other localities, at least to a slight extent. 
Tetrolopha robustella Zeller. On October 16th C. H. Zimmer 
of the Department of Farms and Markets sent to the office twigs 
of Austrian pine infested with caterpillars, apparently from Lyn- 
brook, Long Island, with the statement that the insects were badly 
damaging the needles, and that there seemed to be considerable 
of this trouble on Long Island. The caterpillars were transmitted 
to the United States Bureau of Entomology for determination and 
were identified by Mr Heinrich as Tetrolopha robustella. 
Under date of November 17th Mr Heinrich wrote that the species 
is found throughout the eastern United States as far south as 
Florida. He stated that as the species of Tetrolopha is rather 
hard to rear and since not many adults have been obtained from 
- pine nests, it is barely possible that another species is the one in- 
volved in the infestation. Tetrolopha has usually only one 
